Quiet beekeeping moments. The business of life slows down and you feel the determination of the hive mentality. All working together for the common good.

Preserving less. Putting away just enough food for us for the winter and gifting the rest. Looking forward to the sweet feeling next fall when I open the pantry and there is shelf space not a whole lot of preserves still waiting to be consumed.

Embracing crazy. “How can crazy bring light? ” For me it’s excepting that crazy does live with me. Days where I was literally spinning from one task to another. Then the day ends, the chaos slows, the evening is warm, I sit with a big mug of tea watching the bats coming out…. I say to myself… “well that wasn’t so bad, we’ll try again tomorrow.”